ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334544
| Date: | Sunday 27 January 1957 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 50-088 |
| MSN: | 43226 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
| Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
The C-124 took off from Elmendorf AFB (EDF), bound for McChord AFB (TCM). Shortly after takeoff one engine caught fire. The pilot could not make it back to Elmendorf. A forced landing was made on the ice of Cook Inlet, about 20 yards from shore.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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